Did you read the source-link?
It's legitimate, that a baseband chipset vulnerability (hardware) could,
(as it is in this case) be exploitable without the notice of Android
(software).
In other words, the baseband runs and is in this case independent from
the Android version. So I personally don't expect an Android fix for
that; instead Samsung have to fix their baseband, that the firmware
can't be, (invisible for the end user) replaced with an malicious one.
But the two security researchers, (from your twitter link and my source
link) say, that they found the vulnerability in the "Shannon" baseband
chipset line - so like I said: "just modern Samsung devices (like S6, S6
Edge and Note 4) are affected".
For example, the Samsung Galaxy S2 seems to use an "(Infineon) X-Gold
626 [labelled: PMB9811] Baseband",
(which is also available under following alternative names: Infineon
IFX6260, Intel IMC6260, Intel XMM626).
Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483053
The Samsung Galaxy S3 seems to use an "(Intel Wireless) [labelled:
PMB9811X] Gold Baseband",
source:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+S+III+Teardown/9391
For now, IMHO explicit this attack, (which I think that was your
question) doesn't affect any Replicant compatible device.
Cheers!
On 13.11.2015 05:07, Brian Kemp wrote:
No. According to the twitter post, it was invisible to Android. It
would
be similarly invisible to Replicant.
On 11/12/2015 06:31 PM, Moritz Bandemer wrote:
On 13.11.2015 00:10, John Sullivan wrote:
Instructive example..
https://twitter.com/kutyacica/status/664623913305944064
Anything Replicant can or does do to guard against this kind of
attack?
-john
AFAIK, (for now) only Samsung’s "Shannon" line of baseband chips are
vulnerable to this explicit attack.
Means, just modern Samsung devices (like S6, S6 Edge and Note 4) are
affected, which are not supported by Replicant, yet.
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/12/mobile_pwn2own1
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